Fender Stratocaster

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I love strats. Here's my pick of the guitar web.

Fender Fans 

Gibson of Fender?

The story goes....you're either a Gibson fan or a Fender fan. Well, while it is possible to be both, many guitarists have a feverent alliance to one classic guitar or the other. For many in the guitar world, there simply is no grey.

Disagree? Hey, go start your own guitar lens :)

I love Fenders for their beautiful shape, sharp tone and balance.

My beloved strat is pictured above. It has a serial number starting with '0' and was one of the first off the Mexican production line during the 1980's. It has a stinging, yet sweet tone, something I haven't found in later day strats, irrespective of where they're made. I've had a ton of offers to buy it over the years. Needless to say, the answer is always the same....

My Top Fender Links 

Fender Stratocaster Online

Fender Site
Official site of Fender guitars.
Fender Stratocaster Overview
Wikipedia overview and history of the Stratocaster guitar.
Leo Fender
Rock n' Roll hall of fame entry for Leo Fender, the founder of Fender guitars.
Jimi Hendrix
Official site of Jimi Hendrix, arguably the most famous and gifted Stratocaster master.
Fender Discussion Forum
Huge Fender discussion forum.
Vintage Guitar Magazine
Home of Vintage Guitar Magazine.
What We Can Learn From The Fender Stratocaster
Interesting article on the collision between Fender and...erm...software design. Some great lessons here on how the Fender became great.
David Gilmour
Sublime Pink Floyd guitarist, and owner of Stratocaster serial #000001. I'm not jealous, oh no.
Johnny Greenwood
Ok, so he plays Fender Telecasters. Close enough. One of my favourite guitar players, a masterful inventive musician.
Top Guitarists Of All Time
See if you can spot the Strat players.
Fender Custom Shop
Fender custom shop guitars. Fender now builds so-damn-close-it-hurts replicas of their famous vintage guitars.

Fender Guitar Books 

Fender Custom Shop Guitar 2006 Calendar

Amazon Price: (as of 12/09/2009) Buy Now

The Stratocaster Chronicles: Celebrating 50 Years of the Fender Strat

Amazon Price: $31.50 (as of 12/09/2009) Buy Now

The Fender Book: A Complete History of Fender Electric Guitars, 2nd Edition

Amazon Price: (as of 12/09/2009) Buy Now

How the Fender Bass Changed the World

Amazon Price: $23.89 (as of 12/09/2009) Buy Now

50 Years of Fender: Half a Century of the Greatest Electric Guitars

Amazon Price: $15.63 (as of 12/09/2009) Buy Now

The Fender Stratocaster: foreword by Eric Clapton

Amazon Price: $10.85 (as of 12/09/2009) Buy Now

Guitars From George & Leo: How Leo Fender and I Built G&L Guitars

Amazon Price: $17.95 (as of 12/09/2009) Buy Now

The Story of the Fender Stratocaster: A Celebration of the World's Greatest Guitar

Amazon Price: (as of 12/09/2009) Buy Now

Fender: The Inside Story

Amazon Price: $19.67 (as of 12/09/2009) Buy Now

Photos from Flickr 

BW-n-Blue Fender Strat by FredMikeRudy

BW-n-Blue Fender Str...

Air Guitar by Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com

Air Guitar

White strat by Claudio Matsuoka

White strat

Strat by Tim Patterson

Strat

my first guitar by fczuardi

my first guitar

my first guitar (zoom) by fczuardi

my first guitar (zoo...

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